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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940962 | System and method of awareness detection An awareness detection system and method are provided. The system includes an imaging device positioned to obtain a plurality of images of at least a portion of a subject's head, and an awareness processor in communication with the imaging device. The awareness proc... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940955 | Vision-based method of determining cargo status by boundary detection The empty vs. non-empty status of a cargo container is detected based on boundary analysis of a wide-angle image obtained by a monocular vision system. The wide-angle image is warped to remove distortion created by the vision system optics, and the resulting image i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937672 | System and method for scrolling through a list A system and method for scrolling through a list uses control and display algorithms for scrolling through a long list of text strings. The control algorithm interfaces to the user via a rate-based scheme to switch the display through various levels of abstraction w... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936309 | Antenna for satellite reception There is disclosed an antenna for reception of circularly polarized satellite radio signals. The antenna comprises at least one two-dimensional or three-dimensional antenna conductor structure connected with an antenna output connector. The multi-dimensional antenna... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932772 | Curvature-compensated band-gap voltage reference circuit A band-gap reference voltage is developed by a phase-clocked band-gap circuit including a single PN junction through which first and second constant currents are alternately directed. A current proportional to absolute temperature is selectively added to one of the ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7918381 | Process for attaching components with near-zero standoff to printed circuit boards The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for mounting electrical components to electric circuit boards. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for mounting electrical components having near-zero standoff height to electrical printed c... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917111 | Method and system for monitoring broadcast audio programs from the beginning of the programs A method and system for monitoring broadcast programs from the beginning of the programs is provided. The system includes a tuner configured to receive and decode broadcast signals and provide programming as an output. The system also includes a buffer coupled to th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908922 | Silicon integrated angular rate sensor A motion sensor in the form of an angular rate sensor and a method of making a sensor are provided and includes a support substrate and a silicon sensing ring supported by the substrate and having a flexive resonance. Drive electrodes apply electrostatic force on th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903629 | Hierarchically modulated OFDM communication from a satellite-based transmitter with reduced secondary data loss from clipping High priority data and low priority digital data are transmitted as primary and secondary data in hierarchically modulated, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) from an earth-orbiting satellite. To enable the transmitter amplifier to be operated with le... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900605 | Fuel injector and method for controlling fuel injectors A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, the fuel injector comprising an injector body, a fuel supply passage defined in the injector body, the fuel supply passage containing fuel under high pressure in use of the injector, a pressure sensor for measuring ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896952 | Cartridge adsorber system for removing hydrogen sulfide from reformate A system for removal of H2S from sulfur-containing reformate comprising a permanent canister assembly having fittings for flow of reformate therethrough and a replaceable cartridge assembly containing an H2S adsorber element and fittings for co... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892011 | Multi-connector apparatus with connection-sequencing interlock mechanism An interlock plate slidably affixed to a multi-bay connector header ensures a preordained connection sequence of multiple plug-in connectors. The interlock plate covers portions of the connector header, and can move with respect to the connector header to prevent ac... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7880113 | Plasma discharge method and structure for verifying a hermetical seal A method and structure use characteristics of a plasma discharge for verifying a hermetic seal. The plasma discharge is created in a hermetically sealed cavity by a pair of spaced electrodes that extend from tips inside the hermetically sealed cavity to contacts out... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876926 | Lane marker detection and fitting methods A method of lane marker detection and detection fitting is provided for lane tracking. A lane marker is modeled and split into left and right steps. A filter response is calculated from a cumulative row sum, and normalized for filter pixel size, lane marker brightne... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876562 | Electronic module having thermal cooling insert An electronic module is provided having enhanced thermal cooling of electronics. The module includes a housing, electronic circuitry contained within the housing, and a fluid cooling chamber extending through the housing. The chamber has generally conical shaped por... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869533 | Communication system and method for receiving high priority and low priority signals A communication system and method of communicating signals to a plurality of different types of receivers is provided. At least one transmitter transmits hierarchically modulated high priority and low priority signals as a single frequency network. At least one sate... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865170 | RF radio and method for monitoring multiple channels to acquire warning alert data An RF radio and a method of monitoring warning alert data is provided. The RF radio includes a radio receiver for receiving broadcast radio wave signals, and a tuner adjustable for selecting radio wave signal channels within AM and FM radio bands and radio wave sign... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864118 | Dual circularly polarized antenna system and a method of communicating signals by the antenna system An antenna system and a method for communicating signals by a dual circularly polarized antenna system are provided. The antenna system includes a substantially straight microstrip segment and a plurality of substantially straight microstrip projections. The plurali... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7842913 | Method for determining the position of a first moving component relative to a second component and device for applying said method A method for determining the position of one of two components in relative motion with respect to each other, using optical means, comprises: directing at least one light beam emitted by a light source attached to one component tow... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835834 | Method of mitigating driver distraction A driver alert for mitigating driver distraction is issued based on a proportion of off-road gaze time and the duration of a current off-road gaze. The driver alert is ordinarily issued when the proportion of off-road gaze exceeds a threshold, but is not issued if t... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835692 | Communication system and method of receiving high priority signals and low priority signals A communication system and method of communicating signals to a plurality of different types of receivers is provided. The communication system includes at least one transmitter that transmits a high priority signal and a low priority signal that are hierarchically ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834730 | Mounting device for a coil A mounting device includes a base plate for supporting an electrical coil and includes two or more legs that are substantially L-shaped. Each leg has a first end and a second end and the first end is secured to the base plate and the second end is in a direction awa... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834448 | Fluid cooled semiconductor power module having double-sided cooling A semiconductor power module includes one or more power semiconductor power devices sandwiched between a fluid conducting base and a fluid conducting cover joined to the base. Fluid coolant entering the base diverges into a first flow path through the base and a sec... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822149 | Method to enable single frequency network optimization Additional data may be added to the current SDARS satellite signals as a phase and/or amplitude offset from the legacy quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulated data and transmitted by the SDAR terrestrial repeaters. However, in the case where a legacy receiver... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821383 | Apparatus for medium-range vehicle communications and control Medium-range remote communication and control for a vehicle is achieved with a wireless vehicle telematics unit, a medium-range wireless portable fob, and an unmodified wireless personal communication device. The portable fob includes a medium-range RF transceiver f... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821123 | LED array cooling system A LED array cooling system including a LED array and a substrate attached to the LED array wherein the LED array includes a plurality of walls that at least in part define a plurality of passages through the LED array. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819700 | Terminal connection apparatus for battery cells having foil terminals A pressure connection apparatus includes a conductive spring member having first and second end portions that are curved, and first and second retaining members having curved pockets that are oppositely oriented for receiving the first and second curved ends of the ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816883 | Return-to-zero control method for a stepper motor In a return-to-zero stepping sequence for a stepper motor that drives the pointer of a gauge, steps that could potentially cause the pointer to flutter are modified. At least the initial potential flutter step of the stepping sequence is divided into sub-steps to pr... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810444 | Configurable gauge apparatus including a flat panel display and a mechanical pointer A configurable gauge apparatus includes a flat panel display (FPD) for displaying a user-defined gauge face, a transparent panel spaced from the FPD through which the displayed gauge face is viewed, and a mechanical pointer disposed between the FPD and the transpare... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808788 | Multi-layer electrically isolated thermal conduction structure for a circuit board assembly A thermal conduction structure is integrated into a multi-layer circuit board to thermally couple a power electronic device to a heatsink while electrically isolating the power electronic device from the heatsink. The thermal conduction structure includes a stack of... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805709 | System and method for bypassing execution of an algorithm A system and a method for bypassing execution of an algorithm are provided. The method includes associating a first algorithm of a first computer with a second algorithm of a second computer, utilizing the first computer, wherein execution of the second algorithm by... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805120 | Noise blanker circuit and method for removing noise and correcting a signal A noise blanker circuit and method of removing impulse noise from a signal and correcting the signal is provided. The circuit includes a detection stage, a pulse removal stage, and a pulse removal correction stage. The detection stage includes at least an input that... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804796 | Method and system for sending and receiving satellite digital radio programming information for multiple channels A method and system for communicating satellite digital radio program information for multiple satellite channels is provided. The method includes the steps of providing multiple satellite signals, and providing multiple data frames in each of the satellite signals.... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7795726 | Liquid cooled power electronic circuit comprising a stacked array of directly cooled semiconductor chips A stacked array of channeled semiconductor chips defining a power electronic circuit is mounted in a sealed container provided with inlet and outlet passages for liquid coolant. Leadframe terminals supported by the container engage selected terminals of the semicond... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792482 | Communication service subscription management Multiple receivers may be enabled to receive satellite-based digital audio radio (SDAR) services under a single subscription. For example, an SDAR service provider can enable multiple vehicles, a home-based digital radio, or a portable digital radio, singly or in an... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790983 | User-manipulated door mechanism for selectively covering an electrical socket A user-manipulated door mechanism is mounted on the faceplate of an electronic module for allowing user access to an electrical socket disposed inboard of a faceplate aperture. An inwardly extending rectangular shoulder formed along one edge of the door is rotatably... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790814 | Radiopaque polymers for circuit board assembly The thermosetable composition incorporating organo-iodine compounds that provide improved x-ray contrast are prepared by reacting an epoxy resin with crosslinking agents, wherein the crosslinking agents include compounds having iodo-phenyl functionalities, and where... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785002 | P-N junction based thermal detector A thermopile-based thermal detector is provided by a thermocouple, formed from a single sheet of material, which is made dissimilar with a P-doped and an N-doped junction electrically isolated via a naturally forming depletion region. The thermopile P-N sheet is uni... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782616 | Heat-dissipating component having stair-stepped coolant channels A heat-dissipating component including a heat-generating device such as a power semiconductor chip and a mounting structure is provided with coolant channels having a stair-stepped internal geometry that enhances cooling performance with both single-phase and two-ph... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779167 | Universal integration system for auxiliary digital audio playback A vehicle audio system 30 reconfigures with a PDAD 32 device by sending a series of queries through a supported channel, preferably a UART channel to the PDAD with the PDAD sending back requested control information 42 and meta-data housing info... | 08/17/2010 |
